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Russian Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA pilots will be equipped with a new g-suit that will allow them to eject from the aircraft at altitudes of 75,000ft (23,000m). If the PAK-FA is able to fly at those altitudes operationally, that would mean that it has a significantly higher operational ceiling than the...

The Boeing C-17 globe master military transport aircraft, being inducted into the Indian Air Force forms a major component of its modernisation effort, the visiting IAF Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne has said. “Our first C-17 Globemaster III not only signifies a tremendous boost in our...

United States Vice-President Joe Biden, who landed here on Monday for talks with the Indian leadership, is likely to find the going more conducive as India-U.S. relations have entered a happier phase since last month, when Secretary of State John Kerry was here to create openings for the...

New Delhi: With Chinese troops crossing over into Chumar sector in Ladakh region thrice in five days, India and China are set to hold border talks today. The talks, called the 'Working Mechanism for consultation and coordination on India-China border affairs,' will have foreign and military...

Seeking to strengthen defence ties between the two countries, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne is on a four-day visit to the US. The IAF Chief is visiting the US on the invitation of his American counterpart General Mark A Welsh and will also take the delivery of 2nd C-17 heavylift...

Coming out strongly against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday said he does not want him to become India’s prime minister as he does not have secular credentials. The prominent economist also criticised Mr. Modi’s model of governance saying he did not...

It is official. Gloomy days aren’t over for the Scorpene submarine project. Plagued by years of delays and subsequent cost overruns, the project being executed by defence shipyard Mazagon Dock in Mumbai has missed the deadline once again, dealing a body blow to the Navy’s desperate effort to...

KOLKATA: Days after Darjeeling police told Natasha Singh, a Canadian citizen of Indian origin, to return to her country after interrogating her, Singh heaped complaints against the police, saying she was harassed in the police station. While police took exception to Natasha's meeting...

MUMBAI: An indigenous advanced weather satellite, Insat-3D, with newly developed equipment to study the atmosphere, will be launched on Friday, July 26 between 1.23am and 2.41am (IST) from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana. An Isro official told TOI that the new equipment...

India’s twin plans of replacing its vintage Avro carriers for the air force and opening up the military aviation sector for private companies appear to have hit a roadblock. In May, the Defence Ministry issued a global tender for a Rs 12,000-crore programme to acquire 56 carriers for...

India’s first Mars Orbit mission this year offers an “exciting opportunity” for Indo-US collaboration in the field of space technology. Since the two sides are keen on increasing commercial space cooperation and create opportunities for the US and Indian companies, this would be on the agenda...

The decision of the government’s Cabinet Committee on Security to accord approval for the Indian Army to raise a mountain strike corps is long overdue but welcome. India’s disputed territory and borders, both with China and Pakistan, are in the mountains. Firing incidents are common along the...

Commander Zhang Zaige shows an anti-ship and anti-torpedo missile launcher on board the Weifang. Picture by Charu Sudan Kasturi Commander Zhang Zaige flashed the smile of a proud parent as he showed off the weapon systems on board the Weifang, the warship he captains that is one of the latest...

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Acknowledging that better indigenous snooping capabilities may not be enough to protect India’s cyber security, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon has advocated formulating a set of “standard operating procedures” (SOPs) — ground rules for cooperation which would help India succeed in...

Iran seeks enhanced defence ties with India NEW DELHI: Iran is seeking to enhance defence ties with India and its envoy GholamrezaAnsari met defence minister A K Antony on Saturday. The defence minister is said to have welcomed the idea about the need for more bilateral defence exchanges...

India strong enough to face China, says Centre after reports of another incursion The Centre has said the country is strong enough to face any incursion from China, after reports emerged of Chinese forces entering the Indian territory again.According to media reports, around 50 Chinese...

According to Russian Media, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Anifah Ahman on his visit to Russia last week has shown interest in Air Launched variant of BrahMos missile, Royal Malaysian Air Force already operates 18 Russian Su-30MKM flankers, which were bought under a contract signed in 2003...

NEW DELHI: Even as the security establishment counters the pan-Indian network of Laskher-e-Taiba (LeT) and its indigenous arm Indian Mujahideen, the Pakistan-based terror outfit is busy opening another front close to the northeast region, along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. Inputs with R&AW...

The first visit by a U.S. Vice President to India in nearly 30 years will be marked by an intensifying disagreements over economic policy, it became apparent this week, as senior administration officials suggested that Joseph Biden would flag the U.S.’ interest in seeing further economic...